NASA's SAP Implementation - NASACT

Current Status♦ Overall the BW Implementation has been very successful♦ Currently averaging 400-500 unique BW users per day, 1000 per weekand 1500 per month♦ We have enhanced our BW solution since go-live:• Integrated Non-SAP data sources• Added new and enhanced queries♦ Users are still adjusting to the new processes and learning to trustthe data♦ Recently selected 3 rd party tool (Actuate) to augment our BWimplementation for stronger formatted reporting capability72% User Developed KeyFigures70% 72%Schedule Jobs68%66%Formatted Reporting67%64%66% 65%64%Join SAP BW data &62%Non SAP BW60%AdHoc Reporting58%Requested Reporting Enhancements6976.34Integration Project (IT arm of IEMP)Roles and Responsibilities♦ Define and maintain the IEMP business and applications architecture• Work with Agency Process Teams to define business processes and points of integration• Facilitate resolution of issues across business processes• Provide meta-repository for NASA processes and data• Describe the “as-is” and “go-to” applications that automate the business processes definedwithin the business architecture♦ Define and maintain the technical infrastructure on which the applicationsarchitecture executes• Work with each module project to define technical requirements• Acquire hardware and infrastructure software for each project• Deploy and operate system environments during testing and implementation• Work with Agency CIO to ensure the IFM technical architecture is compliant with Agency ITstandards♦ Define and implement an integration backbone at all layers of the architecture♦ Define and implement an information delivery strategy♦ Plan and implement transition of each module to operations (CompetencyCenter)6976.3512